Mortality, Cost, and Downstream Disease of Total Hip Arthroplasty Patients in the Medicare Population

Abstract The purpose of this study is to compare the differences in downstream cost and health outcomes between Medicare hip OA patients who undergo total hip arthroplasty (THA) and those who do not. All OA patients in the Medicare 5% sample (1998–2009) were separated into non-THA and THA groups. Di...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of arthroplasty 2014, Vol.29 (1), p.242-246
Hauptverfasser: Lovald, Scott T., PhD, MBA, Ong, Kevin L., PhD, Lau, Edmund C., MS, Schmier, Jordana K., MA, Bozic, Kevin J., MD, MBA, Kurtz, Steve M., PhD
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